How can the use of mobile technologies best benefit Women? The role of ICTs as development enablers is more widely understood today as access to new technologies, particularly mobile phones, has grown exponentially. SPECIAL COMPUTER TRAINING COURSE DESIGNED FOR DEAF PEOPLE IN DAMASCUS, SYRIA. PHOTO: UNDP IN SYRIA Mobile phone subscriptions exceeded six billion by the end of 2012, three-quarters of which were in the developing world. However, Women are at a disadvantage: they are 21% less … [Read more...]
The Internet Gender Gap | Magdy Martinez Soliman
January 15, 2013 by Team Celebration
Filed Under: MIDDLE EAST, WOMEN GENDER EQUITY ISSUES, WOMEN Taking ACTION Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, DEAF PEOPLE IN DAMASCUS, gender, gender gaps, gender inequalities, ICT, internet access, Magdy Martinez Soliman, mobile technology, Syria, Syrian women, The Internet Gender Gap, UN Women, UNDP IN SYRIA, universal internet access, woman, women globally, women.
Interactive Access to CDC’s HIV and STD Data
January 12, 2012 by Team Celebration
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a new interactive web tool—the NCHHSTP Atlas—that allows users to create maps, charts, and tables using HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted disease (STD) data collected by CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention(NCHHSTP).Currently, the Atlas includes AIDS, HIV, Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and primary and secondary syphilis data. TB and viral hepatitis surveillance data will be added … [Read more...]
Filed Under: AIDS - H.I.V. Tagged With: A Celebration of Women, AIDS, AIDS.gov, and primary and secondary syphilis data, CDC, Chlamydia, data, data access, disease, global issues, gonorrhea, health, HIV, Interactive Access to CDC’s HIV and STD Data, INTERNET, internet access, rare disease, USA, viral disease, Women's Health, women.
